Cupcake Inspirations 400th Challenge

Cupcake Inspirations Challenges are celebrating their 400th blog challenge, and STAMPlorations is helping them to celebrate today by being a sponsor.  So the challenge is to use a previous challenge as your inspiration.  I went for blush, ruby and gold from challenge 360.

The blush was Spun Sugar, the ruby was a mix of Candied Apple and Aged Mahogany, and the gold was some writing ink that I got from the Museum of London, watered down and splattered.

I used stamps from The Bee's Knees Party Dresses and City Girl, and added a little ribbon rose on the shoulder for a bit of glam.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the design team, and to the Cupcake Inspirations blog to join the party.

Gelli Plate Playtime

Last week I did a demonstration at my craft club using the 5x3 inch Gelli Plate, followed by a make and take workshop and a giveaway of 3 Gelli Plates and mini brayers.  So in preparation for the demo, I made about 20 prints in various colours, using various stencils, bits of lace, bubblewrap, etc.  Out of all of them, this was my favourite print - I love how there's still a bit of colour in the white spaces, and it almost looks like it's embossed, but it's completely flat.

To finish off the panel, I masked the central print and stamped around the edges with Mixed Media Elements and Mixed Media Grunge.

I'm entering this into TIME OUT - if you look closely at the inspiration photo you'll see blues and greens on the globe.

I'm also entering into Cupcake Inspirations - blue green and white.  Hope it's not too grungy!

A few weeks ago I bought this photo multi frame, with the idea that I would gradually fill each 6x4 aperture with a new piece of artwork, but as soon as I got it home I ended up filling every aperture with various background panels from my stash because I couldn't stand to see all the blanks!  There's just enough room to slot the panels in front of the glass, so I can chop and change the images easily without having to take the frame down.    It's on my craft room wall, and it makes me happy every time I look at it.  Here's what it looks like at the moment, but I think today's panel will be finding its way on there soon!

Cupcake Inspired Rosebuds

STAMPlorations is sponsoring this week's Cupcake Inspirations, and some of the girls from the STAMPlorations team are playing along.  Here's the inspiration photo for this week's challenge:

I took a piece of smooshed card from my stash, then stamped the rosebud bouquet from The Bee's Knees Rosebuds on it.  The chevrons are from Mixed Media Grunge, and the sentiment is from Rosebuds.

Pop along to the Cupcake Inspirations blog to see more inspiration and to play along.